1,310 Quotes About Despair

Losing your life is not the worst thing that can happen. The worst thing is to lose your reason for living.

It often happens that opposite emotions trigger similar reactions in the human body, for crying occurs both in moments of deep despair and great joy. Only observant poets know the difference, for despair paints the eyes red and causes swelling, while joy makes them glitter like emeralds under the brightest of suns.

Being a cheerful hobbit, he had not needed hope, as long as despair could be postponed.

That’s right, Lucy, that’s right,’ he said, overwhelmed by joy. ‘There’s infinite hope, infinite hope, all the hope in the world. Evenfor us.

Hope was an instinct only the reasoning human mind could kill. An animal never knew despair.

The danger of prolonged despair is its tendency to cloud the gift of a new beginning that every tomorrow offers. --Anissa's Redemption

Adding to my emotional dizziness on Sunday, I spoke with my sister, who kept noting how amazing Michael is, and what a brave and selfless man he is for having helped as he did.

There is absolutely no worse death curse than the humdrum daily existence of the living dead.

Anyone can suffer. But joy--that's hard. Ask about joy. [from On Fragile Waves]